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2005 Linguistic Institute
27 June- 5 August 2005
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Director: Sabine Iatridou (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Associate Directors: C.-T. James Huang (Harvard University)
Ivan Sag (Stanford University)
Theme: Dialogues in Grammatical Theory, Experiment, and Change
Sponsored by The Linguistic Society of America
The Department of Linguistics and Philosophy (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The Department of Linguistics (Harvard University)
The 2005 Institute will offer courses in many areas of theoretical, experimental, and historical linguistics, including acquisition, computational linguistics, dialectology, language change, morphology, neurolinguistics, phonetics, phonology, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, semantics, and syntax.
In keeping with the theme of the Institute, there will be a number of co-taught 'dialogue' classes, which focus on specific issues about which the instructors have divergent views. In addition, numerous other co-taught classes have been designed to synthesize the complementary contributions of the instructors.
The Institute will also offer classes with a specific language or language-family
orientation, including courses on African American English, Algonquian,
American Sign Language, Anatolian, Austronesian, Chinese, Gbe, Indo-European,
Irish, Japanese, and Salish.
Special Session
Language Documentation: Theory, Practice, and Values
July 9-11, 2005
Forum Lectures
The forum lectures will be held on Thursday evenings. The dates and speakers will be:
• 30 June Anthony Kroch, University of Pennsylvania
• 7 July Richard Kayne, Sapir Professor, New York University
• 14 July Randy Gallistel, Rutgers University
• 21 July Ellen Prince, University of Pennsylvania
• 28 July H. Craig Melchert, Collitz Professor, University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill
• 4 August Janet Werker, University of British Columbia
Affiliate Registration
Affiliate status is granted to faculty, researchers, and others who wish to participate in the Institute but not as a student. Affiliates may audit courses and take part in Institute activities. The fees for the 2005 Institute are $1,375 (six weeks) and $950 (three weeks or less). A principal source of student fellowship funds, this fee also covers all administrative costs including I.D. cards, access to libraries, and receptions.
Download the institute affiliation application form here. (pdf)
Please mail application and fees to: Linguistic Society of America, 1325
18th St., NW, Suite 211, Washington, DC 20036-6501. All fees must be paid
in U.S. dollars. If payment is by credit card, the application may be faxed
to: (202) 835-1717.
Participant Registration
All students who wish to attend the Institute must complete a participant
registration form. Those who have applied for or have been awarded LSA fellowships
must also complete this form. The registration form can be found in the
LSA brochure and on the LSA website: http://web.mit.edu/lsa2005/.
Registration forms along with a $50 application fee must be received by
1 April 2005 ($100 application fee after this date).
Participant Tuition and Fees
Tuition is $2000 for six weeks and $1250 for three weeks. Participants who are registered for six weeks may take up to eight LSA credits and those for three weeks may take up to four LSA credits. Additional credits are $200 per credit. The fees cover all administrative costs including I.D. cards, access to libraries, and receptions. Class materials are not included in the tuition fee.
Participant Fellowships
Fellowships are available on a competitive basis to those who have not
completed their professional training. To be eligible for fellowships, participants
must be LSA members and must register for six weeks for at least eight credits.
Applicants in currency-restricted countries who are unable to remit dues
should contact the LSA Secretariat (lsa
lsadc.org).
Application forms may be found as inserts to this bulletin, in the Institute
brochure (available November 2004), and at the LSA and Institute websites:
http://www.lsadc.org and http://web.mit.edu/lsa2005/
(available November 2004). Completed forms with letters of recommendation
must be received by the LSA Secretariat no later than 11 February 2005.
Download the student fellowship application here. (pdf)
Special Services
Arrangements for sign language interpreters, sighted readers, or other special services will be made by the LSA Institute. Notification of need for these services must be made on the affiliate or participant registration form and must be received by 1 April 2005.
Contact: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Attn: 2005 LSA Institute
77 Massachusetts Avenue, 32-D808
Cambridge, MA 02139
lsa2005-wwwmit.edu
